On the third floor of The Parisian Macao in Cotai, a shop venue houses works of local artist Kit Lei Ka Ieng for her latest exhibition, where visitors can find several moving images featuring traditional cultural elements created through new media technology.Entitled “Ascendance - Kit Lei Ka Ieng’s New Media Art World”, the near month-long exhibition kicked off on Friday and comprises 13 digital animations and interactive installations. It is the second part of Art For All Society’s
An open tender for the government’s “Land for Education” project on lot B1 in the Zone A land reclamation area is now underway, and the Education and Youth Development Bureau (DSEDJ) said yesterday that the future “School Village” there was expected to provide 13,000 non-tertiary education places, including integrated and special education classes. The Public Works Bureau (DSOP) published last Wednesday a tender notice for the foundation and basement works of one of the four Land
The Lands and Urban Construction Bureau (DSSCU) drafted in 2019 an urban condition plan for six lots near Estrada de Sete Tanques (七潭公路) in Taipa, for one of which it received last year a hotel development proposal – and according to the bureau’s latest urban condition draft plan, it now estimates that a number of villas will be developed on two of the six lots.The six plots, namely M2A, M2B, C, M3, A4 and D, which had been zoned for new phases of the Lisboa Gardens new residential
The University of Macau (UM) and the Policy Research and Regional Development Bureau (DSEPDR) jointly hosted a forum on “’One Country, Two Systems’ with Macau Characteristics: Review and Prospects” yesterday, with the aim of providing a platform for promoting academic exchanges and enhancing Macau’s role in the national development.The forum will continue today, in which Macau’s political, socio-cultural, and economic development will be discussed.The forum yesterday was attended by
On the third floor of The Parisian Macao in Cotai, a shop venue houses works of local artist Kit Lei Ka Ieng for her latest exhibition, where visitors can find several moving images featuring traditional cultural elements created through new media technology.Entitled “Ascendance - Kit Lei Ka Ieng’s New Media Art World”, the near month-long exhibition kicked off on Friday and comprises 13 digital animations and interactive installations. It is the second part of Art For All Society’s
An open tender for the government’s “Land for Education” project on lot B1 in the Zone A land reclamation area is now underway, and the Education and Youth Development Bureau (DSEDJ) said yesterday that the future “School Village” there was expected to provide 13,000 non-tertiary education places, including integrated and special education classes. The Public Works Bureau (DSOP) published last Wednesday a tender notice for the foundation and basement works of one of the four Land
The Lands and Urban Construction Bureau (DSSCU) drafted in 2019 an urban condition plan for six lots near Estrada de Sete Tanques (七潭公路) in Taipa, for one of which it received last year a hotel development proposal – and according to the bureau’s latest urban condition draft plan, it now estimates that a number of villas will be developed on two of the six lots.The six plots, namely M2A, M2B, C, M3, A4 and D, which had been zoned for new phases of the Lisboa Gardens new residential
The University of Macau (UM) and the Policy Research and Regional Development Bureau (DSEPDR) jointly hosted a forum on “’One Country, Two Systems’ with Macau Characteristics: Review and Prospects” yesterday, with the aim of providing a platform for promoting academic exchanges and enhancing Macau’s role in the national development.The forum will continue today, in which Macau’s political, socio-cultural, and economic development will be discussed.The forum yesterday was attended by
Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR) passport holders will be granted visa waivers for Kazakhstan from Thursday, bringing the total number of countries providing visa-free access and visas on arrival for MSAR passport holders to 147.According to a statement by the Identification Services Bureau (DSI) yesterday, Macau residents holding an MSAR passport from Thursday will no longer need a visa to travel to Kazakhstan and stay there for up to 14 days. Reciprocally, Kazakh citizens will be
The government published the two-volume “Macao Gazetteer Series: Book of Geography” yesterday, and Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng underlined that the publication is one of the most important cultural projects since the establishment of Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR).Ho made the remarks during the book’s launch ceremony on the University of Macau (UM) campus, with the attendance of nearly 100 representatives including Liaison Office of the Central People’s Government in Macau
Another screening has been added for the upcoming “Music on the Big Screen: Cinematheque•Passion Ryuichi Sakamoto: CODA”, an outreach programme of the 36th Macao International Music Festival (MIMF), due to popular demand, the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) said in a statement last night.Tickets for the programme, which is to be held at the cinematheque, had previously sold out, according to the statement. The statement noted that the additional screening will be held at 9:30 p.m. this
Two men from the mainland have separately been arrested for their involvement in two currency exchange-related fraud cases, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Leng Kam Lon said during a regular press conference yesterday.In the first case, the 45-year-old suspect surnamed Wu told the police that he’s a businessman.According to Leng, on Thursday the victim wished to exchange Hong Kong dollars he had won in a casino into yuan and deposit the amount into his mainland bank account. The victim then
A university student from the mainland has been arrested for repeatedly touching a female passenger’s arm with his groin, Public Security Police (PSP) spokesman Wong Chi Weng said during a regular press conference yesterday.Wong identified the suspect as a male surnamed Yeh in his twenties. According to Wong, Yeh and the female local victim, also a university student, got on the same bus on Wednesday near the Hengqin checkpoint, after which the victim sat near the bus door, while Yeh
I must admit that when I first heard a rumour in late August about Macau’s top judge, Sam Hou Fai, going to run for the special administrative region’s top executive post and the current chief executive, Ho Iat Seng, would not be seeking a second term, I was flabbergasted. Well, a study released by the US-based science advancement online journal PlosOne in 2016* found that rumours that are ultimately proven true tend to be resolved faster than those that turn out to be false.In this
I must admit that when I first heard a rumour in late August about Macau’s top judge, Sam Hou Fai, going to run for the special administrative region’s top executive post and the current chief executive, Ho Iat Seng, would not be seeking a second term, I was flabbergasted. Well, a study released by the US-based science advancement online journal PlosOne in 2016* found that rumours that are ultimately proven true tend to be resolved faster than those that turn out to be false.In this
On the third floor of The Parisian Macao in Cotai, a shop venue houses works of local artist Kit Lei Ka Ieng for her latest exhibition, where visitors can find several moving images featuring traditional cultural elements created through new media technology.Entitled “Ascendance - Kit Lei Ka Ieng’s New Media Art World”, the near month-long exhibition kicked off on Friday and comprises 13 digital animations and interactive installations. It is the second part of Art For All Society’s
“The universe is large, he thought. It contains multitudes. It also contains me, and in this moment I am wonderful. I have the right to be wonderful.”– Stephen King, “The Life of Chuck” Imagine that the world is ending. Civil society has begun to collapse, extreme weather disasters are affecting every state, region and country, while food shortages are rampant. There are frequent power shortages, until one day, there just isn’t any while the internet goes dark. And at the
In order to support the Art Macao: Macao International Art Biennale 2021 series of events organised by the government, ‘Time Is On My Side – 2021 Greater Bay Area Young Artists Scheme’ competition is open for submissions from the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area (GBA) until August 27.A total of 24 winners in two categories, painting and photography, will share cash prizes totalling over 1 million yuan (about 1.2 million patacas) and receive an invitation to the award ceremony
Receiving a five-star rating for the fifth consecutive year from the renowned Forbes Travel Guide, The Ritz-Carlton Spa, Macau continues its commitment to craft luxurious personalised spa journeys that integrate local cultures, traditional techniques and the latest technology, presenting three new treatments to ensure guests achieve the perfect balance of total peace and rejuvenation this summer: the latest Ultimate HydraFacial, the Summer Soothe Treatment, and the Luxurious White Truffle Spa
A man from the mainland was arrested on Monday for raping a 39-year-old local woman in his hotel guestroom in Zape on the previous night, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Lou Chan Fai said at a press briefing on Wednesday.The 32-year-old suspect surnamed Tan told the police that he is a businessman.According to Lou, the Public Security Police (PSP) referred the case to the Judiciary Police on Sunday night. The victim told the police that she met Tan through a mainland friend and they had dinner
A barge and a fishing boat collided in waters near the north side of the airport runway yesterday afternoon, a Marine and Water Bureau (DSAMA) said in a statement yesterday.According to the statement, the Macau Vessel Traffic Control Centre (Macau VTS) was notified about the collision yesterday and alerted bureau officials to assist in the situation. The statement said that the collision caused a hole on the left side of the barge, so the barge was steered towards the airport runway to prevent
A 62-year-old local man told the police on Tuesday that he had been cheated out of 60,000 yuan in a phone scam in which he mistakenly believed that the caller was his son-in-law, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Lou Chan Fai said at a press conference on Wednesday.According to Lou, the victim told the police that he received a call on his smartphone on Monday evening with the caller calling him “ah-bah” (“daddy”) and telling him that he was his son-in-law. The victim’s purported
The Macau Government Tourism Office (MGTO) confirmed yesterday having received a complaint regarding a guest who was injured at Melco’s new water park, and MGTO Director Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes told reporters yesterday that the Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) is in charge of licensing such facilities hence IAM officials are now following up on the incident.Senna Fernandes made the remarks at the opening ceremony of the Creative City Pavilion at the Macau Contemporary Art Centre –
The Legislative Assembly Electoral Affairs Commission (CAEAL) announced in a statement yesterday it has decided to reject the formal objections from three direct-election lists all of whose candidates have been disqualified for failing to support the Macau Basic Law or having been disloyal to the Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR).The statement noted that the three lists can appeal to the Court of Final Appeal (TUI) by today against the commission’s final decision which it made
A suspected pimp from the mainland was arrested in a Cotai hotel guestroom on Monday for supplying a 17-year-old girl for sex to clients in various local hotels, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Lou Chan Fai said at a special press conference yesterday.The girl and a 35-year-old prostitute, both from the mainland, were in the room when the suspect was arrested. This is the second case of its kind in a week. On Saturday a suspected pimp surnamed Xu from the mainland was arrested for supplying